Opus (Eric Prydz song)

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"Opus"
Opus Eric Prydz song.jpg
Single by Eric Prydz
from the album Opus
Released27 July 2015 [1]
Recorded2015
Genre
Length9:03
Label
Songwriter(s) Eric Prydz
Producer(s) Eric Prydz
Eric Prydz singles chronology
"Generate"
(2015)
"Opus"
(2015)
"Breathe"
(2015)

"Opus" is a song by Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz. It was released as a digital download on 27 July 2015 as the fourth single from his debut studio album Opus (2016). [1] The song was written and produced by Eric Prydz and peaked at number three in Belgium.

Contents

Composition

"Opus" is an instrumental house track set to the F♯ minor key at a tempo of 126 beats per minute. It starts as a set of electronic synths set at 31.5 BPM and gradually builds up to a progressive house track as it continues to accelerate to 126 BPM in a range of three minutes and 42 seconds.

Track listing

Digital download [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Opus"9:03
2."Opus (Four Tet Remix)"10:00

Chart performance

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [3] 3
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [4] 12

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Sweden27 July 2015 [1] Digital download Pryda
17 August 2015 Virgin

Track history

Opus was first played as the finale track for Prydz's 2015 set at EDC Las Vegas. In just over a month after first play, the song was released on Beatport. [5] It has been played as the penultimate track in all seven EPIC 4.0 sets this far. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Opus by Eric Prydz on Beatport
  2. Dancing Astronaut Staff (6 January 2020). "Dancing Astronaut's Top 100 Songs of the Decade". Dancing Astronaut . Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2016-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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